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Welcome to Episode 282, our 2025 Christmas Special!

We start off talking about the puzzle game we've played for this years Christmas Special games night; Operation Tango, Skazz plays a secret agent sneaking into bases, and Ram is the voice in his ear as the crafty hacker, we had to complete a series of mission save the world from baddies. We discuss the puzzle mechanics of this game along with other puzzle games from the past and possible VR puzzle games to try out

We then we move onto our game of the year, Skazz had less enjoyable gaming year the Ram, but still has pick out some good choices, first with wheelchair sports game Drag X Drive taking a unique use of the switch Joycons, then FBC Firebreak for it fun gameplay despite the reception it got

Ram also has a couple of choices, first up is the relaxing sci-fi ship dismantling game Hardspace Shipbreaker, and then the very strange Pacific drive with only a car as your friend

We also learn we are the Top Gear of Gaming podcasts, the terror of the bells and the danger of sticky zoon's

Notes

Save the world with a friend in Operation Tango

Skazz's Games of the Year: Drag X Drive / FBC Firebreak

Ram Games of the year: Hardspace Shipbreaker / Pacific Drive

Completing stunts in a wheelchair by Wheelz

A manga based around wheelchair basketball - Real

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on January 15th 2026, at 18:30 GMT either on YouTube or Twitch

Welcome to Episode 281

We kick off discussing time traveling fridges and ram celebrates completing his editing for the year

Onto gaming, Ram has been playing another game from Sam Barlow, Immortality, your exploring some film reals searching out the truth of what happened to a actress by review her three unreleased films. Ram talks about the mechanical differences between this and the previous games and in a spoiler section ram talk about his theory of the game story and how he got it complete wrong

We also discuss the System Shock 2 remaster and fan remake Timesplitter Rewind along with the issues we have with various video editors

Notes

Not a fridge, but Bill and Ted orginal time machine was meant to be van

It was actually Back to the Future that was going to use a fridge as a time machine

There are still some police boxes still in the UK

Durham constabulary have got a genius editor

Find out happens to a forgotten movie star in Immortality

Find a bink video player and you to can watch videos from Immortality

Turns out the System Shock 2 remaster has been released

Nostalgia fan remake in Timesplitters Rewind

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on December 18th 2025, at 18:30 GMT on YouTube

Welcome to Episode 280, and all the listeners from the edge of the bell curve

As normal we kick off by rambling, with a bit of discussion over the number 280, and learning it has nothing special about it, we also work out which fantasy race's map to real world occupation's

We do eventually get onto games. Ram has been playing the latest in Frictional Amnesia series; Amnesia: The Bunker. Ram talks about his weird take on how he "enjoys" horror games and what make this one a little different from previous entries in the series, along with related games.

We also discuss the world toilet day, Audio recording problems, proving the earth is not flat and Valve's major mistake

Notes

How many descriptors can a bullet get? The experimental rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge the .280 British

Do you give a sh*t? If so make sure World Toilet Day is in your calendar

Be careful not to slide, after we've changed the tilt of the earth

A slightly different style of game from Frictional in Amnesia: The Bunker

Hard to find the answer, but it does not look like grenades can destroy a door

From the same developers of Amnesia, but a sci-fi take on it, SOMA

Not sure if your going to like Amnesia? Give Penumbra a try

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on December 4th 2025, at 18:30 GMT either on YouTube or Twitch

Welcome to Episode 279

We kick off by discussing ongoing nicktopia issues, and the many doomed people/beavers what have pass through his citys.

We discuss remaster vs remakes, from the good examples such as System Shock to the bad like Final Fantasy VII and the upcoming Deus Ex remaster. Along with revisiting old favourite games such as Bayonetta and Cyberpunk 2077

We also discuss the worst partwork in history and how we can overlook crimes of Nazi if they build cool rockets

Notes

Nazi hater Martin Niemöller

The often quoted poem by him: First they came

A 'complex' man with a lot of debate over him, Werner von Braun

Skazz feels this does not hold up Bayonetta

The buggy quest in Skyrim: Blood on the ice

The awful looking Deus ex remaster:

Adding too many poly's in the GTA remaster

A remaster done correctly in System Shock

Far better then the gaming world says: FBC Firebreak

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on November 20th 2025, at 18:30 GMT either on YouTube or Twitch

Welcome to Episode 278

Its that time of year again, our podcast prior to the clocks changing, this leads into a discussion of analogue vs digital dial/gauges

We reminisce about the old days of the internet and how the whole thing may be a mistake, including a discussion on the bad and good aspects of AI

Moving onto games, Skazz has been replaying a numbers of game in honor of Tomonobu Itagaki who recently passed away. He talks about the dead or alive series and the Ninja Gaiden games he was involved with.

Ram has been exploring another space survival game with ICARUS, including talking about his issue with fire and collapsing roofs

Notes

The passing of Dead or Alive creator Tomonobu Itagaki

More then just a titty game, Dead or Alive

A hard game that rewards skill, Ninja Garden

Watch you base burn down in ICARUS

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on November 6th 2025, at 18:30 GMT either on YouTube or Twitch

Welcome to Episode 277

We kick off with thinking how we will ensure the people of the future will still be able to enjoy the Podcast after the end of all humanity, and how close we are to s*it hitting the fan.

We discuss Rams dreams of being a bouncer and which long running online games.

We eventually get onto games with Ram playing a rouge lite city builder in Against the storm, a very deep game with an angry queen and not to rams taste

We also discuss football player intelligence, games workshop causing confusion and amazon prime day fails

Notes

The best brand of fans in the world

Our podcast dedicated to dear leader

Amazingly, Ultima Online is still going

Spiritual successor to Ultima Online, Shroud of the Avatar

The scariest of the online games - Eve

Everyday words you may use from Hebrew

Watch out for Miss Minutes invading your funeral

Like the sound of a rouge lite city builder, Against the Storm may be your cup of tea

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on November 6th 2025, at 18:30 GMT either on YouTube or Twitch

Welcome to Episode 276

Still recovering from the 24-hour live stream, Skazz and Ram review the games they played that night (day?), including some new and some old, and give their thoughts on them.

First up is Back 4 Blood, the spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead sharing some of the same developers. A fun zombie game, but with some bizarre multiplayer lobby system choices and issues with public players and bots once again carrying the team.

Next up was Full Metal Furies, a game we've played in a previous 24-hour stream, this time as a threesome. A very funny game with great art style and action combat, sadly it was during this game we had our first man down as Zaber had to bow out with suspected food poisoning.

After Zaber's departure, we gave a little indie game called Content Warning a go. We got to experience the fantasy life of successful content creators by delving into the depths of an underworld to film strange creatures. Skazz had issues with multiple Rams and creatures spawning where they weren't supposed to be, along with captcha iron maidens.

We then returned to an old favourite with Green Hell, trying out the multiplayer story mode for the first time. We went hunting for very specific plants, honoured Gavin's spear, and Skazz got up close and personal with lots of snakes.

Back to another classic 24-hour games night game with Golf It. Unfortunately, it was Ram's turn to turn green and head for the bathroom, as the many hours sat in front of a screen and eye strain caught up with him.

We finished up the night with a now-traditional flight in MS Flight Simulator, this time flying in a business jet from Norwich to Dublin. Zaber returned just in time to experience one of Ram's attempts to land.

Notes

Left 4 Dead style Zombie shooter with a stupid lobby system in Back 4 Blood

Great fun action game in Full Metal Furies

Live the short life of scary content creators in Content Warning

Die of snake bites multiple times in Green Hell

Hit little balls round complex course in Golf It!

Another successful flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast on October 9th 2025, at 18:30 GMT++1

Still one of the best space survival games, Empyrion Galactic survival

If you want to make a film, make a film, don't create a game instead like the Callisto protocol

Walk round a lot of boring brown rooms and corridors and try to escape in Outlast

Possibly one of the worst name games of recent times, Genesis Alpha One

Looks like the next James Bond film will be set in Great Yarmouth

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast live steam on the 25th September 2025, at 18:30 GMT+1.

Welcome to Episode 274, and what will eventually be the greatest podcast know to humanity

Skazz kick us off by talking about a Drag x Drive, a game that Nintendo have recently allow games to play for free for 24hrs. It might show a return for motion controllers. Taking advantage of two mouse like controllers of the switch 2. along with intuitive and fun game play, we discuss the lobby system and how people are not given the game a chance

Ram has been breaking into houses in a very unlucky neighborhood in Thief Simulator, A simple game about taking thing that are not yours and selling them.

We also discuss esports including classic such as StarCraft 2 and Dota, along with some more modern examples, we also talk about the movement stop killing games

Notes

A sports game taking advantage of the Switch 2 unique controllers with Drag X Drive

For those who don't know a Basketball court layout, Wikipedia to the rescue

An Nintendo attempt at an E-sport that failed, Arms

And there more successful hit: Smash Bros

The classic E-sports StarCraft 2 and Dota

And a more modern example with Valorant

Have a look here to the see the most popular esports game

Time to make developers Stop Killing Games

Live the life of a Whitton child in Thief Simulator

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast live steam on the 28th Auguest 2025, at 18:30 GMT+1.

Welcome to Episode 273

In this episode, we explore the idea of replacing Skazz with an AI and dive into the UK's new age verification laws, discussing why they're both misguided and poorly conceived. We also examine Steam's recent

decision to remove certain games from its platform due to pressure from payment processors.On the gaming front, Skazz has picked up the expansion pass for Splatoon 3, which features two DLC packs: "Inkopolis" and "Side Order." Focusing primarily on Side Order, Skazz first recaps the base game's story mode and explains how it effectively trains players in core mechanics before transitioning to the expansion content. Side Order introduces a roguelite mode to the game, though Skazz reveals how Heroes of Hammerwatch may have spoiled the experience for him.

Meanwhile, Ram has been manufacturing sedans in the car factory simulator Production Line. He's been optimizing his factory assembly line and researching new features for his car models while trying to grasp various business concepts, things are not going according to plan.

Notes

We're not saying you could use this tool to bypass picture verification... but we're not not saying it either:

One of the most misguided pieces of government legislation:

The concerning trend of game removals on Steam:

A roguelite mode in Splatoon? The Side Order expansion delivers:

Optimize your car factory and research heated seats before the competition in Production Line:

We look forward to seeing you all on the next podcast live steam on the 14th Auguest 2025, at 18:30 GMT+1.